BURN slow-burn through emotional collapse in their disarming trip-hop triumph, Night –

The new single from BURN, Night, arrives incandescent with etherealism and loaded with enough reverb-washed retro synths to send any trip-hop devotee sideways. As the second single lifted from their LP Chopped and Shattered, it marks a defining moment for the project, teasing a record shaped by single-word titles, poetic motifs, and a narrative stitched together across nine tracks. Within seconds, Night shows BURN’s fixation on intent; every element sits exactly where it needs to, sculpted with a razor-sharp blade and stripped of anything ornamental, leaving an intoxicating structure where vocals and instrumentals move as one.

Night foregoes the usual softness associated with downtempo electronica, reaching instead for retro-futurism that feels almost psychoactive. Fresh blood flows through the torrid oscillations which juxtapose the iridescent harmonies, creating a push-pull tension designed to keep you on edge. BURN designed it to disarm, and you feel that in the swell of unsettling emotion that creeps under your skin while the synthesised club house euphoria takes hold. The chopped vocal samples, a recurring motif across the album, shimmer through the mix like fragments of memory, acting as both texture and narrative device.

The lyricism across the album forms its own poetic archive, and Night’s closing line, “it smells like ash”, makes the whole project feel cyclical. Love, in all its heavy and contradictory emotions, sits at the heart of BURN’s vision. Night seals that world with an eerily serene finality, offering a slow-burning climax that lingers long after the track fades. For fans of trip-hop that leans into mood, metaphor and meticulousness, Night is the exact kind of fever-dream worth sinking into.

Night is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify and YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast